Microsoft and Google openly feuding amid hacks, competition inquiries


FILE PHOTO The brand logo of Alphabet Incs Google is seen outside its office in Beijing China August 8 2018.  Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERSThomas PeterFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The brand logo of Alphabet Inc's Google is seen outside its office in Beijing, China August 8, 2018. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google and Microsoft are at knives drawn.

Driven in part by pressure from lawmakers and regulators over the extraordinary power the two technology companies wield over American life, the California-based search engine giant and Washington-based software firm are wrestling to throw each other under the bus.

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